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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 27680

This procedure frees a single tendon in the leg or ankle from surrounding scar tissue that is restricting its movement, without lengthening or repairing the tendon itself. It is used when scarring, rather than a tear or shortening, is limiting motion. It treats one tendon at a time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle cost?

$1,168

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,168 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$427 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$427 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $427 to $8,511Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Indiana than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Dakota· 50th of 51

$1,168

$741 physician + $427 facility

IN $9,800ME $1,050

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.